Criterion Originals

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  • Spike Lee’s Adventures in Moviegoing

    1 season

    Always bold, subversive, and razor-sharp, auteur and cultural icon Spike Lee sees the complexities of life in America with a clarity like no other. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, he sits down with Sheril Antonio, his colleague at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, to disc...

  • The Craft of Acting: Ethan Hawke

  • Tim Blake Nelson Interview

    Widely recognized for his prolific acting career, Tim Blake Nelson has also pursued an impressive parallel path as a director, often working from his own screenplays. Blending narrative depth and raw emotion, his films vary in style and subject—from the haunting rural tragedy EYE OF GOD (streamin...

  • Payal Kapadia Interview

    This interview with director Payal Kapadia was recorded in 2024.

  • Spotlight on French Poetic Realism

    The following interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith was recorded in 2024.

  • John Waters’ Adventures in Moviegoing

    1 season

    A sui generis icon of counterculture cinema and style, John Waters upends traditional notions of “good taste” and heteronormative social conventions with a gleefully transgressive mix of camp humor, outrageous provocation, and daring empathy. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, he sits d...

  • Wim Wenders Interview

    This interview with filmmaker Wim Wenders was recorded in 2024.

  • Spotlight on Kinuyo Tanaka

    This program with critic Imogen Sara Smith was recorded in 2024.

  • Spotlight on Terry Southern

    Get to know the writer who brought a subversive edge to Hollywood in the 1960s. Nile Southern explores the career of his father, Terry Southern, who lent a provocative charge to films like EASY RIDER and BARBARELLA, recounting how he got his big break by collaborating on DR. STRANGELOVE with Stan...

  • Greta Gerwig’s Adventures in Moviegoing

    1 season

    From indie darling to helmer of 2023’s biggest (and pinkest) blockbuster, Greta Gerwig has blazed a unique trail by remaining true to her idiosyncratic voice—forged by a lifelong passion for literature, theater, and dance—at every step of her evolution. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing...

  • Spotlight on Japanese Noir

    The following interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith was recorded in 2020.